dreám-healdende
Holding joy, joyful ⬩ lætābundus
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Holding joy, joyful; lætābundus Beó ðú sunum mínum gedéfe, dreámhealdende be thou gentle to my sons, holding them in joy, Beo. Th. 2459; B. 1227
mǽd-mǽwect
the mowing of a meadow
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the mowing of a meadow Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan tóeácan . . . mǽdmǽwecte also he shall at times be ready for labour of many kinds at his lord's pleasure, besides . . . mowing his meadows, L. R.
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mǽg-gemót
A meeting of kinsmen
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Ðæt tácnode ðæt on his dagum sceolde beón geboren se se ðe ús ealle tó ánum mǽggemóte gelaþaþ, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 18
teóðung-ealdor
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A chief of ten monks, a dean Hwylce mynstres teóðingealdras ( decani) beón sceolon. Gif seó geférrǽden tó ðam micel sý, sýn gecorene of ðám sylfum gebróðrum ðá ðe gódes gewittes sýn, and sýn gesette tó teóðingealdrum (constituantur decani ), R.
fácen
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Cóm Swegen mid fácne, and bæd Beorn ꝥ hé his geféra wǽre . . . cwæð ꝥ hé him hold beón wolde. Ðá wénde Beorn ꝥ hé him swícan nolde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 31. Þonne gemétst ðú bútan fácne (without fail) þæs mónðes angin, Angl. viii. 327, 10.
á-myrdrian
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Add: , -myrþr(i)an Ǽr hé Beorn ámyrðrode, Chr. 1049; P. 171, 21
wuldor-helm
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Unrím háligra beóð gefylled mid þý gewuldredan wuldorhelme, Verc. Först. 119, 1. Add
wuldor-micel
Gloriously great ⬩ magnificent
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Gloriously great, magnificent Gewitnesse beóð wuldormicele heofonwaru and eorðwaru, helwaru þridde, Hy. 7, 94
wógere
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Hí beóð wógeras swíðor þonne preóstas ( sponsos magis quam clericos), Chrd. 64, 37. Add
ádl-seóc
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in bad health Ádlseóce menn beóð (cf. ualitudo hominum, 14), Archiv cxx. 297, 48
cehhettung
a laugh of scorn, scorn ⬩ cachinnus, contemptus
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A laughing in a cackling manner, a laugh of scorn, scorn; cachinnus, contemptus Hwelce cehhettunge ge woldon ðæs habban, and mid hwelcum hleahtre ge woldon beón astyred what scorn ye would have at this, and with what laughter ye would be moved, Bt. 16
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fored
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ fractus
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Broken, fractured; fractus Gif monnes ceácan mon fórslihþ ðæt hie beón forede if a man smite another's cheeks that they be broken, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 15, note 34. Se foreda fót [MS. foot] the fractured foot, Past. 11, 2; Hat. MS. 15 a, 4
tapor-æx
A small axe
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A small axe Swá feorr swá mæg án taperæx beón geworpen út of ðam scipe up on ðæt land quam longius de nave potest securis parvula, quam Angli vacant tapereax super terram projici, Chart. Th. 317, 30.
ge-helan
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Hyra willa bið ꝥ hí beón geholene latere in voluntate habent 61, 4. intrans. To hide, conceal oneself Hé ne maehte gehæla non potuit latere Mk. L. R. 7, 24
ge-dreóhlíce
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Substitute: in an orderly manner Gif man wǽpn gedreóhlíce (the Latin versions have discrete; in aliquo secreto loco ; pacifice) lecge þǽr hig stille mihton beón, gif hí móston, Ll.
hám-weardes
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Þá hé hámwerdes wæs, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 28. cf. hám-weard; Hú hý sceoldon beón álǽd of Babilonia þeówdóme, and Gode þancian þǽra ára þe hí be wege hædon hámweardes, Ps. Th. 22, arg
óþer-hwílen
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Cuflan and tonican beón óðerhwilen (-hwíle ?) synd gewunede sunt habban æthwigan beteran cuculle et tonice sint aliquanto solitis quas habent modice meliores, R. Ben. I. 92, 16.
á-weccan
to wake (trans.) from sleep ⬩ raise from the dead ⬩ to arouse a person from quiescence ⬩ to excite to feeling or action ⬩ stir up ⬩ to arouse ⬩ excite passion
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Beóð áwecte (á-wehte-wehte,v. l.) andan, saca and tala, R. Ben. 124, 17
ecg-clif
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Beo. Th. 5778
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hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Hreðer [hreder, MS.] innan weóll beorn breóstsefa, Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 9; Cri. 539: 46 b; Th. 158, 15; Gú. 910: Beo. Th. 4233; B. 2113.